11 Aug 06 Ex-Miller Sales Exec Heads To Youbet.com As of August 1, 2006, former Miller Brewing sales and management executive Thomas L. Levenick became Youbet.com's new Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
11 Aug 06 BOS Will Pay - But Tosses U.S. Bettors BetonSports will continue to operate, but will no longer accept wagers from U.S. citizens (which was 80% of their entire business). They also stated that all players will be refunded their balances, but it will take some time.
11 Aug 06 Gold At WSOP The WSOP has crowned a champion, as ex-Hollywood agent Jamie Gold wins the $12 million-plus grand prize.
10 Aug 06 And Then There Were Eight At The Final Table Dan Nassif was eliminated from the WSOP final table and finishes the tournament in ninth place overall. Find out how it went down here.
10 Aug 06 BetonSports Ready To Close Its Doors According to reports, a BetonSports spokesperson said that upper management has given approximately 800 employees their walking papers and will be shutting down their offices in Costa Rica and Antigua as well.
10 Aug 06 Cunningham Favored At WSOP Final Table Jamie Gold may be the chip leader going into the final table but sportsbooks are willing to bet that he won't finish on top of the World Series of Poker. Oddsmakers currently list Gold at +200 to be the outright winner while Allen Cunningham is the favorite at +150.
10 Aug 06 Roethlisberger, Culpepper To Start At QB If you're planning to wager on some NFL exhibition action this weekend here's some food for thought. Daunte Culpepper and Ben Roethlisberger will start for Miami and Pittsburgh respectively.
10 Aug 06 WSOP Final Table Takes Place Today And then there were nine. After a day off, the World Series of Poker is down to its final table. Entering the day, Jamie Gold is the chip leader and Allen Cunningham is in second. More WSOP coverage here.
10 Aug 06 American Poker Players Mounting United Front With online gaming companies running for the hills in light of indictments to BetonSports execs, poker players in the United States are angry at Washington's anti-online gambling stance.
10 Aug 06 IGT To Enter Handheld, Mobile Gaming Market The Nevada State Gaming Board has recommended that International Gaming Technology be granted license to enter into the wireless gaming device market, much like Cantor Gaming. The Gaming Commission will either give the stamp of approval or veto on August 24.
10 Aug 06 Germany Puts A Stop To BWin Blitz The sportsbook formerly known as BetandWin has had its license to operate in Germany revoked.
10 Aug 06 Playtech Seals Deal With UKBetting PLC Hoping to balance its top sportsbook site, UKBetting PLC has announced that they have entered into an agreement with Playtech. The deal increases the number of Playtech licensees to 44.
09 Aug 06 BetFair APT Cutting Ties To American Players BetFair's online poker room PokerChamps.com will no longer accept business from players with U.S. addresses and BetFair enterprise The Asian Poker Tour will do likewise.
09 Aug 06 Bodog, Fox Sports Net Lawsuit Dismissed After filing a lawsuit against Bodog and Fox in regards to their Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker show, BlueMoon Entertainment saw their case dropped by the L.A. Superior Court.
09 Aug 06 BetonSports Closing Up Shop For Good? According to reports, BetonSports is looking to shut down operations in Costa Rica despite still owing many customers money.
09 Aug 06 InterPoker's Extreme Team Signs Prodigy InterPoker announced that it signed promising and brash young poker professional Jordan Morgan to its Extreme Team. InterPoker was extremely pleased-no pun intended-with the signing.
09 Aug 06 Cunningham And Gold Going Toe-To-Toe As the World Series of Poker draws closer to its conclusion, Jamie Gold is the chip leader and Allen Cunningham is trying to knock him down. The players have the day off but you can keep track of the World Series of Poker here.
09 Aug 06 Jackpot Back In eCORGA's Good Books After resolving a bone of contention regarding search engine optimization, online casino watchdog eCORGA has announced that Jackpot Factory has their Play It Safe seal once again.
08 Aug 06 ESPN Showing WSOP Final Table Live PPV ESPN has been providing World Series of Poker coverage throughout the main event and it will be no different come the final table. The final table is set to take place this Thursday starting at 5pm EST.
08 Aug 06 Jamie As Good As Gold At The WSOP After producing a DVD from poker great Johnny Chan, Jamie Gold figured you would use the accumulated Chan wisdom and give poker a go himself. The result? Gold currently finds himself atop the WSOP main event leaderboard. Could Gold fever rule the rest of the tournament?